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Encrinus
''Encrinus'' is an Extinction, extinct genus of crinoids, and "one of the most famous". It lived during the Homerian, Late Silurian-Late Triassic, and its fossils have been found in Europe. History Fossils of ''Encrinus'' went by several names in Germany before the establishment of modern paleontology. In Lower Saxony, they were called ''Sonnenräder'' ("sun wheels"), while in Thuringia and Hesse they were called ''Bonifatiuspfennige'' ("Saint Boniface's pennies"). In southwestern Germany, they went by ''Hexengeld'' ("witches' money"). The animal was correctly reconstructed for the first time in 1729, although various parts of the animal had been described before that. ''Encrinus'' was described in 1764 by Johann Gerhard Reinhard Andreae. It was assigned to the order Encrinida by Jack Sepkoski in 2002. Description ''Encrinus'' possessed a large cup- or crown-like structure at the top of its body, which has been described as resembling "an unopened tulip." This "cup" could be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encrinus Liliiformis With Markup
''Encrinus'' is an Extinction, extinct genus of crinoids, and "one of the most famous". It lived during the Homerian, Late Silurian-Late Triassic, and its fossils have been found in Europe. History Fossils of ''Encrinus'' went by several names in Germany before the establishment of modern paleontology. In Lower Saxony, they were called ''Sonnenräder'' ("sun wheels"), while in Thuringia and Hesse they were called ''Bonifatiuspfennige'' ("Saint Boniface's pennies"). In southwestern Germany, they went by ''Hexengeld'' ("witches' money"). The animal was correctly reconstructed for the first time in 1729, although various parts of the animal had been described before that. ''Encrinus'' was described in 1764 by Johann Gerhard Reinhard Andreae. It was assigned to the order Encrinida by Jack Sepkoski in 2002. Description ''Encrinus'' possessed a large cup- or crown-like structure at the top of its body, which has been described as resembling "an unopened tulip." This "cup" could be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
